#B4A136#B4A136

#B4A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A136
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -5.22, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.88, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0197 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(32.2346, 35.4609, 8.6360)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A136 #3649B4

analogous

#B46236 #B4A136 #88B436

triadic

#B4A136 #36B4A1 #A136B4

tetradic

#B4A136 #36B462 #3649B4 #B43688

square

#B4A136 #36B462 #3649B4 #B43688

split-complementary

#B4A136 #3688B4 #6236B4

monochromatic

#564D1A #857728 #B4A136 #CDBC5A #DCCF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B4A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B4A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A136

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A136	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc73',
    500: '#b4a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a136;
$custom-light: #cebc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70605,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.35459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A136

secondary

#808BC6

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A136

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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